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...British claim is made up principally of a $4,322,000,000 pre-War debt. The interest on this sum alone would probably be more than Soviet Russia could...
Bradstreet indexes are computed by taking 1913 average prices as 100. The existing degree of inflation or deflation compared in the pre-War prices is thus readily shown. On April 1, only hides and leather were cheaper than in the year before the War...
Under Coach Herbert's winning Syracuse system, the University team has hopes of regaining its glory of pre-war days, when the Crimson won six intercollegiate Championships in 11 seasons...
Structure. First comes the past history, disposed of in mere outline. Then, on entering the past century, the subject matter becomes more detailed. The pre-War period is dwelt upon with greater emphasis. And the War period, viewed from the standpoint of internal events, is one of real value; for most people, even historians, seem to be either ignorant of or at least hazy with regard to what took place during that era of mighty Armageddon. Finally, the histories end with a fair account of post-War events, which, without questioning their accuracy or usefulness, are inevitably open to controversy...
...taken place since the War: "Our own Ordnance Department has designed a 75-millimetre gun with twice the range of the French Soixante-Quinze used in 1918. The redesigned 155-millimetre gun outranges the French C. P. F. by nearly five miles, the new 4.7 gun outranges our own pre-War design two and a half times and fires a heavy projectile at that...